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Monthly Archives: July 2015

Hope I didn’t leave you sitting too long! You should be all rested up and ready to continue our walk. If you had looked the other way up the street, you saw this.

Did you stop in at the café for a cool drink while you were waiting? Hope you didn’t go to the Kantor….that’s a modern day “money changer”. They will take your US dollars (or whatever kind of money you have) and exchange it for Polish zlotys. The exchange rates are usually higher, so hold on to your cash and look for an ATM machine.

But for now turn around, we are going to walk the other direction. Up the street and just around the corner, we come to this: Continue reading →

Walking is good exercise. It’s also a good way to get to know where you live especially when you live “downtown” and right in the midst of everything. David and I do a lot of walking because who needs a car when you can walk or take one of the convenient trams. Friday was a beautiful day here…the sun was shining, the sky was blue, and the temperatures were in the 80’s with hardly any humidity….a perfect day. I thought it would be nice to take you on a walk with me (through pictures) and see the sights near our flat.

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Even the most mundane of household chores is an adventure in Poland. Dryers are not the norm in a large part of Europe and our flat is no exception. We have a washing machine and a drying rack — nature’s clothes dryer.

Our washing machine is located in the bathroom, right next to the bathtub. Strange place if you ask me, but I guess that’s where there was already a lot of plumbing. And how do you fit a big washing machine in a bathroom you ask? Continue reading →

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Every Sunday, David and I walk to church –translated in English as Church4You. (OK, I’ve only been twice so far because I’ve only been here a few weeks, but David has been going since February)…..it’s just a few blocks from our flat and has the friendliest people! The service is in Polish, but they have headsets and translators so that we can understand the songs and the message. They put the words to the songs up on a screen, which even though I don’t understand all the words, I am beginning to figure out what some of the letter combinations should sound like…and believe me it’s nothing like you think! The church building doesn’t look like much from the outside…it’s a very old building, but the inside is very modern looking.

Much different from this church that David and I visited last week-end when we were walking around Old Town. Continue reading →

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One of the first things I did when I got to Poland was hit the ATM machine in the airport. I think I might have even done that while I was waiting for my luggage to come off the carousel. Since my US dollars weren’t going to get me anywhere here, I needed to get Polish money (Zlotys) so I could take a cab ride to the train station. So armed with a fist full of paper money I headed out the door. Continue reading →

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Yes, that is the first question that people asked – You’re going where?….along with “You mean people actually move to Poland?” Well, yes they do! And we did. We don’t know how long we will be here, it might just be a few months, maybe longer, but this could be our “once in a lifetime” experience of living overseas.

I decided to start a blog because I have way too many thoughts rattling around in my brain to post on facebook. And if you know me at all, you know that when I travel I take a ton of pictures (in two weeks, I’ve already taken over 500 pictures). My instagram would be clobbered. This seemed like to perfect way to share life here in Poland with all our friends and family.

My first real post will be coming soon….Now to just figure out how to start uploading some of those pictures and we’ll be off on the adventure….

I hope you’ll come along for the ride too…..It might be bumpy, but it’s sure to be fun!